Kewarra Beach vs Logan Reserve

The median house price is $900K in Kewarra Beach and $905K in Logan Reserve, so Kewarra Beach is the cheaper entry point, with Logan Reserve houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Kewarra Beach sits at a median of $620K against $1.1M in Logan Reserve, which makes Kewarra Beach the more affordable unit market and Logan Reserve the pricier one.

On cash flow, Kewarra Beach leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.50%, compared with 3.70% in Logan Reserve, a gap of 0.80 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.5% in Kewarra Beach and +18.1% in Logan Reserve, so recent momentum favours Logan Reserve, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Kewarra Beach houses are +35.9% and Logan Reserve houses +47.7%, so Logan Reserve has compounded faster than Kewarra Beach over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.5% in Kewarra Beach and 2.0% in Logan Reserve, so landlords in Kewarra Beach face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Logan Reserve is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,016 against 6,133, larger than Kewarra Beach; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Kewarra Beach for rental income, Kewarra Beach for a lower purchase price, Logan Reserve for recent price momentum, Kewarra Beach for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.